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SIXTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CAMBRIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
No author listed.
Stock no. 822241
Published by Cambrian Archaeological Association. 1914. Very good condition.

Held at Dolgelley. Orange paperwraps. B/w illustrations. 42 pages. Contents fine. Covers unevenly faded.

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OLD KING COLE A POP-UP KIT
No author listed. Illustrated by Rowan Barnes-Murphy.
Stock no. 822104
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

Contents loose inside a green pictorial cardwrap cover. Contents include instructions to make your pop-up and the pieces to do so. ISBN: 0722656084. Covers lightly edge-creased with a tiny closed tear to one edge. Contents complete and unused.

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NEW LITTLE PRAYERS POP-UP BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Janet Grahame Johnstone; Anne Grahame Johnstone.
Stock no. 631267
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. 3 pop-up scenes. ISBN: 0603020836. Remains of label to front cover. Inscription in ink to last page. Pop-ups a little creased - but still in excellent working order.

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THREE ANIMAL FABLES SELECTED FROM AESOP
Written by Aesop; S.M. Spence. Illustrated by S.M. Spence.
Stock no. 631316
Published by Thorsons. Circa 1943. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Adapted by Spence. Spine faded. Corners are worn. Inscription in ink to inside front cover. First hinge cracked.

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WILMOT LAMB AND HIS FRIENDS
Written by Peter Thornhill. Illustrated by Peter Thornhill.
Stock no. 822068
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy cloth spine, blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Foxing to covers. Some light creasing to contents. Contents nice and bright.

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THE WISE GRASSHOPPER
Written by Constance Barnes.
Stock no. 822073
Published by Art & Educational Publishers Limited. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Whilst missing her spaniel who has disappeared in the garden, Jane is astonished to find fairies in the garden. Through them, she meets the Wise Grasshopper who helps her to learn how fairies and human kindness work together to solve many human problems. Red cloth spine. Blue pictorial paper boards. Full page colour illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. Edges lightly rubbed, covers clean and bright. Front joint starting to pull. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few small chips and closed tears. Overall, an excellent copy.

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ADVENTURE ON THE MOON
Written by Nina Carroll. Illustrated by Nina Carroll.
Stock no. 822074
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. Almost very good condition.

Written & illustrated by 12-year-old Nina Carroll. 6 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Blue cloth boards with blue title to front. Spine browned, covers marked. Some minor foxing else contents clean.

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BELLS OF MYSTERY
Written by Joan Inglesant. Illustrated by Glossop.
Stock no. 384891
Published by Puzzle Books Ltd.. Circa 1936. Very good condition.

A capital story and jig-saw puzzle solution in one book. Red cloth. Pictorial front board. Jigsaw pieces contained in envelope at back of book. Slight rubbing to cover edges, spine slightly bumped. Rear cover is just a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Small white typing fluid mark to top of fornt endpaper. Unfortunately 1 piece of the jigsaw (top left corner) is missing.

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THE HEAD GIRL OF THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 384866
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w frontis. 336 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Name and address in ink, 'no. 4' written in ink and also a transfer sticker (of dog) stuck to front endpaper. A few hinges pulled. Some foxing, mainly to outer page edges else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with small patch of loss to top edge of front panel, grubby on rear panel. Tape repairs on verso to edges and folds. A little of the transfer sticker has transferred to the front flap of the dustwrapper.

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FINDING OUT ABOUT THE WORLD OF NUMBERS
Written by Leonard Sealey.
Stock no. 821973
Published by Purnell. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Corners are bumped and worn.

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SPLEEN AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Pierre-Victor Baron De Besenval; Havelock Ellis.
Stock no. 821854
Published by Chapman & Hall. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Translated from the French of De Besenval by H.B.V. with an introduction by Ellis. Brown cloth spine, gilt titles. Pictorial boards. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Top edge gilt. Copy no. 262. A few tiny wormholes to endpapers. Corners bumped and rubbed. Spine a little marked.

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ANGOLA AN EASTERN TALE
Written by Jacques-Rochette De La Morliere; Augustus John.
Stock no. 821858
Published by Chapman & Hall. 1st 1926. Almost very good condition.

Translated by H.V.B. with an introduction by John. Brown cloth spine, gilt title. Pictorial boards. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Copy no. 96. Contents very good but rear board has large brown stain. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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